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“Let’s taper what failure is,” Joshua told CBS Sports. “The first level of failure is the loss. There’s nothing I can do to reverse that. That’s the worst outcome. The next level of failure is a competitive eight-round fight — that’s a big failure on my part. There are so many different levels of failure within this. It’s a serious time for me. There’s a lot at stake, and I don’t want to lose myself.”
“I do this because I respect myself,” Joshua added. “I don’t train this way [just] for Jake. I do it because I know what I expect of myself. That’s why when people say, ‘If it goes past one round, it’s a failure,’ I have those same expectations. I get it. I’m not arguing, saying, ‘It’s a fight! Anything can happen! It can go the full eight rounds. How is that a failure?’ Trust me, I hear you loud and clear because I have those same expectations of myself.”
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